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We Don't Leave Anyone Behind
Do you know what it is like to have a song stuck in your head? You might not even realize it is happening until you find yourself singing...
Stephanie Ives
Jan 314 min read
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Birthrights and Rites of Passage
This morning was our annual second-grade Torah Reading Ceremony, a critical rite of passage in the lifetime of a Beit Rabban education....
Stephanie Ives
Jan 174 min read
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We SURVIVED the Whole School Project
We had an amazing last week of school before winter break! As we do each year, we held our Whole School Project this week, dividing into...
Stephanie Ives
Dec 20, 20242 min read
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If These Walls Could Talk!
You can learn a lot about people from what they hang on their walls, intentionally and unintentionally. I love visiting a friend's home...
Stephanie Ives
Dec 13, 20241 min read
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An Ode to People of the Book During Jewish Book Month
In honor of Jewish Book Month, I write this message as an ode to the literary tradition of our people (of the book). Jewish Book Month...
Stephanie Ives
Dec 6, 20244 min read
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Happy Thanksgiving 2024
The way we celebrate Thanksgiving at school is one of our most public expressions of communal values, and it never gets old. We prepared...
Stephanie Ives
Nov 27, 20242 min read
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Think Before You Act & Act Before You Think
Anyone with a child (let alone more than one) understands that you have to be ready at any moment to pivot- from conversation to...
Stephanie Ives
Nov 22, 20242 min read
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Post-Election 2024 Message
This has been a year of unprecedented instability for so many of us and our loved ones. As an American patriot and Zionist with close...
Stephanie Ives
Nov 8, 20241 min read
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Early Voting: Inconclusive and Fabulous
Today, we hosted a full-school early voting election to select this year's theme for the Whole School Project. Middle schoolers held...
Stephanie Ives
Nov 1, 20243 min read
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Right or Wrong- Pure Joy This Sukkot
I spent the last few mornings learning Jewish texts in our Sukkah with students, teachers, and parents. On Monday, I had the great...
Stephanie Ives
Oct 23, 20243 min read
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Not Hiding This Yom Kippur
There is comfort in hiding, pulling a blanket over our heads, and pretending to be invisible. We hide our mistakes, our flaws, and even...
Stephanie Ives
Oct 11, 20244 min read
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Sharing Our Hope for This First Yahrzeit of October 7th
We hope this week has been supportive and meaningful for you as we enter the new year alongside the first yahrzeit of the October 7th...
Beit Rabban Day School
Oct 7, 20241 min read
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Shannah Tovah from Beit Rabban
Like many of you, my whole body tensed up yesterday during the Iranian missile bombardment of Israel. While feeling frantic, I tried to...
Stephanie Ives
Oct 2, 20242 min read
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How Does It Remember?
“Jews have six senses. Touch, taste, sight, smell, hearing … memory…. for Jews memory is no less primary than the prick of a pin, or its...
Stephanie Ives
Sep 27, 20243 min read
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Educating the Spiritual Child
Years ago, when we were deep into our middle school design process, I visited a secular, progressive school I had heard about for years....
Stephanie Ives
Sep 20, 20243 min read
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The Year Ahead with Ingrid Goldfein
Please enjoy these words from Ingrid's speech at Curriculum Night... I'm Ingrid Goldfein, Principal of Beit Rabban. I am deeply...
Ingrid Goldfein
Sep 13, 20242 min read
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A Time for Laughter, a Time for Tears
"What a week." We say this when you can't decide which emotion or event to describe first because each one warrants priority. I am...
Stephanie Ives
Sep 6, 20243 min read
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Remembering and Continuing to Believe
We returned from Pesach break yesterday and jumped right back into the annual "Jewish Memory Season." This is a term I learned from my...
Stephanie Ives
May 3, 20243 min read
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Billy Joel, 8th Graders, and Passover
Each school day is packed with a year's worth of stories. I could not possibly share all the beautiful stories from this week. Or can I?...
Stephanie Ives
Apr 19, 20244 min read
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A Week of Memory Making
We shared a week of communal learning and memory-making. On Monday, K-8 traveled to Riverside Park to watch the solar eclipse, where many...
Stephanie Ives
Apr 12, 20242 min read
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